Red Canyon Trail

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The Red Canyon Bicycle Trail starts at the bottom of Red Canyon on the Dixie National Forest at the Thunder Mountain Trailhead and progresses east for 5.5 miles to the top of Red Canyon on the Paunsaugunt Plateau. From there the trail travels east another 3.1 miles to the terminus at the East Fork Road. Access to the trail is from Scenic Byway 12 traveling through the same corridor.

Facilities located along the Red Canyon corridor include:

1. Red Canyon VC (parking for 25 vehicles and 6 pull-throughs).

2. Red Canyon CG (37 campsites and a 150 PAOT day use site).

3. Thunder Mt. TH is located at the bottom of Red Canyon (restroom, kiosks, and parking for 15 vehicles and 2 pull-throughs).

4. Johnson parking area/TH located at the top of Red Canyon (kiosks, parking for 12 cars, and 4 pull-throughs and restroom).

5. Tunnel TH (parking for 7 cars).

6. Red Canyon TH is located across SB12 (kiosks, restroom, parking for 10 cars, and 2 pull-throughs).

7. Coyote Hollow CG (4 sites) and Coyote Hollow Trailhead (kiosk, restroom, and parking for 8 cars and 3 pull-through) are located about 1 mile from the bike path (this route makes up portions of the Thunder Mtn. Trail loop). Historic uses of the land are obvious throughout the length of the trail including road access to other parts of the forest, grazing, telephone lines, developed campgrounds, and the Red Canyon Visitor Center. The predominant vegetation in this area is mixed conifer in Red Canyon and pinyon-juniper with sage-steppe communities on the Paunsaugunt Plateau.

Red Canyon is often referred to as "Little Bryce", with brilliantly colored red rocks called hoodoos and large Ponderosa pines, bristle cone pines, and limber pines throughout. This area is known as a place to get away from the crowds in Bryce Canyon National Park and provides multiple trail and recreation opportunities with spectacular scenery.

Allowed Uses:

Other Activities

• Wildlife viewing / observation

• Certified as an NRT
  Mar 21, 2012